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velvety blackish brown, this surface flecked proximo-dorsad 

 with this color also ; remaining distal portions pecan brown, 

 suffused in genicular areas with blackish. Caudal tibise oppo- 

 site genicular areas of caudal femora black, beyond this show- 

 ing a broad buffy annulus, particularly distinct on the inner 

 surface, remaining portions buckthorn brown, suffused distad 

 with mummy brown ; proximal internal spines mummy brown, 

 other spines and spurs buckthorn brown, tipped with mummy 

 brown. 



One of the paratypes is similarly colored, except that the 

 general coloration is much paler, walnut brown. Another has 

 the color pattern much more strikingly defined, the blackish areas 

 being as dark, but the medio-longitudinal band of head and pro- 

 notum light ochraceous-tawny, the tegmina ochraceous-tawny 

 except in the sutural half of the dorsal section and the proximal 

 portions of the caudal femora light ochraceous-salmon. The 

 remaining paratype is almost uniformly sayal brown in colora- 

 tion, the dark triangle dorsad on the caudal femora remaining 

 as the only trace of color pattern. 



In addition to the type, three female paratypes are before us, 

 bearing the same data, but taken May 18, 1920. One of these 

 is the property of the California Academy of Sciences, the other 

 two are in the author's collection. 



In securing these paratypes, Mr. Van Duzee had some diffi- 

 culty in locating the proper environment in which to search for 

 the species. They were taken in the same canyon as the type, 

 on the grassy or sandy borders of a small mountain stream. 

 At the time there was no running water in the stream, but little 

 pools with level sandy flats between and it was on one of these 

 flats that all were located. The exact spot is in the canyon 

 back of the Bryson school house, about two miles east of the 

 Nacimiento River and the same distance north of the San Luis 

 Obispo County line. 



The species probably reaches its greatest adult abundance in 

 the early spring. 



We take pleasure in naming this singular species in honor of 

 the ardent student and collector who discovered it and who has 

 subsequently, not without considerable difficulty, secured addi- 

 'tional material and valuable data as to the immediate environ- 

 ment in which it occurs. 



